Ship-bed.



'A. RYCKOFF.

I SHIP BED.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27| 1918.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

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SHIP BED.

APPLICATION FIILED AUG.27. 191a.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

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ABRAHAM :aYcKorr, or new YORK, N. Y.

SHIP-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed August 27, 191 8. Serial No. 251,626.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM a citizen of the. United States, residing at New York city, N. Y., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ship-Beds, of which the following is. a clear, full, and exact description. y

My invention relates to beds and especially to beds foruse on'ship board where it may be desired, at times, to swing the bed to a position to be out of the way. One of the principal objects of my invention is to construct the bed bottom of such a bed in sucha manner-that its parts may be cheaply and convenientlymade and readily assembled" and be conveniently supported between stanchions such as are usuallyused RYCKOFF,

for the purpose. 1 An important feature ofmy invention relates to the formation of the corner piece of the bed, whereby it may carry the end and side rails together .with the head or foot rails and the lee rails. In bed constructions as heretofore employed, it has been customary to cast the side and end rails into the corner piece and to separately cast the lee rail with theside rail, and also to separarately cast the head. or foot rail with the end rail. With my improved construction, the corner piece is provided with sockets into which fit .the side, end, lee, head and foot rails.

Another. important feature'of my invention relates to the supporting bracket,.said bracket beingso arranged that it is conveniently fastenedfto a stanchion when the bed is used on ship board, said bracket being formed for supporting either two or four beds as maybe desired, the;c0rner piece of the'bed being provided with a button which fits into a groove inthe bracket, thus permitting a limited rotary movement of the corner piece in thelbra'cket so as to enable the bed to be swung up out'of the way.

Another important feature of my invention relates to the manner of forming the sockets in the corner piece for the lee rail and for the ,head or foot rail whereby said rails act to tie the bed together.

Another important feature of my invention relates to the formation of lugs or raised portions within the socket for the end and side rails of the bed, whereby when said rails are driven into the socket a close fit is obtained.

Other important features and objects will appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved corner piece showing the manner of engagement therewith of the several rails; ig. 2 is a perspective view of the corner piece looking into one of the sockets and showing the lugs projecting from the sides thereof; r p 3 Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my improved bracket designed for the support of four beds, the said figure showing the corner piec of'one bed engaging the bracket; I

Fig. 4 is an end elevation showing a pair beds swung from the supporting bracket carried by a stanchion;

Fig. 5 is an end view of four beds, two of the beds being arranged in a horizontal plane with two others above them;

Fig. 6 is a side view of the bed;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of my improved bracket designed for the support of four beds;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of-my improved bracket designed for the use of two beds; and

Fig. 9 is a modified form of bracket made of sheet metal.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail view of the form of bracket shown in Fig. 4.

End rails 2 and side rails 4 engage sockets in a corner piece 6, there being, of course, two end rails 2 and two, side rails 4, which together with the four corner pieces 6, constitute the bed bottom. The corner piece 6 is in the form of a casting having sockets into which the rails2 and 4 are designed to be tightly fitted. Projecting at right angles to the plane formed by the end and side rails, is a socket 8, also formed in the casting 6, and into said socket is fastened the lee rail 10. Said rail is bent at right angles, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and is riveted or otherwise securely fastened to the corner piece 6 by securing means 12. While it is desirable that the end and side rails shall fit tightly into the corner piece 6, it is not necessary for the purpose of holding the bed together that these rails be riveted or pinned to the corner piece 6 because the lee rail 10 acts as a tie piece to tie the bed together longitudinally.

Also formed in the corner piece 6 1s another socket 14 and into said socket is securely fastened the head or foot rail 16. This foot rail not only serves its usual purpose of preventing the mattress from being displaced, but also serves the additional function of tying the bed together transversely, it being bent as shown in Fig. 1 for this purpose.

While, as stated above, itis not necessary with my improved construction that the end and side rails be riveted or otherwise securely fastened to the corner pieces 6 never theless, it is desirable that these rails shall fit tightly into said corner pieces and for the purpose of securing a tight fit when the side and end rails are driven into the corner pieces, the socket of each corner piece clesigned to be engaged by an end or side rail, is formed with projecting lugs 18 as shown in Fig. 2.

When beds of thi general character are designed for use on ship board it is customary to arrange them in rows between decks and during the day time it is convenient to have the beds swung out of the wayso as to afford a passageway between them. To provide for thus swinging the beds to a position where they will be out of the way, I form upon each of the corner pieces 6 a button 20 having a surface 22 adapted to seat on the bottom of the slot 24, in the bracket 28. (See Figs. 3 and 7.) This bracket 28 may be formed of a single casting for supporting four beds, as shown in Fig. 7, or it may be formed of a casting for supporting two beds, as shown in Fig. 8, or said bracket may be formed from a single piece of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 9. However formed, the bracket consists of a substantial channel shaped member having slots 26, formed therein, and having a central opening 30, through which the stanchion passes, the bracket being rigidly fastened to the stanchion by suitable securing means. When the bracket is formed of sheet metal, I prefer to. strike up tongues 31 through which fastening means may pass to secure the bracket to the stanchion. Itwill be noted that the bracket may be used to support either two beds arranged head to head or two beds arranged side by side, and when supporting two beds side by side only half of the bracket is used, the bracket being cut alon approximately the line web, as indicate in Fig. 7, of course, leaving sufficient metal to entirely encircle the stanchion.

When used for supporting two beds head to head, the form shown in Fig. 8 is used, the bracket being out along substantially the line ccZ, of Fig. 7.

In forming the bracket of a single piece of sheet metal, instead of striking up tongues by which the bracket is fastened to the stanchion, I may prefer, in some cases, to merely cut a hole in the center of the sheet metal piece large enough to embrace the stanchion and pass a rivet through the bent up sides of the bracket and through the stanchion.

It may be desirable at times, to use beds which do not need to be swung from horizontal position and whenmy bed is so used, I construct it as'shown in Fig. 5. But when the bed is designed to be swung from a horizontal position, I omit the lee rail at the side of the bed adjacent the stanchion. This is done because the lee rails of adjacent beds would interfere with each other, unless the beds. were placed a considerable distance apart, and on ship board where space is of great importance, it is, of course, desirable to have the beds as close'together as practicable. 1 i

. The beds are supported from the stanchionsin any suitable manner, as, for in-v stance, by a chain attached toa bracket secured to the stanchion, as shown at 32, Fig. 41, or I may cast the bracket with projecting lips 34, one coincident with each channeled side ofthe bracket and cast or drill holes in said lips into which the chains supporting the beds may be hooked; The other end of the chain may be hooked in any convenient manner to the bracket 6, as by hooking over the button 20, as shown in Fig. 4. V It will be particularly noted that the foot and head pieces 16 project, horizontally from the socket 1 1 in the corner piece 6 and are then bent upwardly and laterally. This form of construction provides for a mat tress of standard length while, at the same time the tubing of the side rails 1 is not required to be of full length, This will be readily seen from Fi s. 1 and 3 and. espe: cially from Fig, 3 wherein it will be seen that the rails 16 of two beds are-very close together and they maybe made as close as desired by slight changes in the relative dimensions of theparts forming the beds.

of ordinary cast iron or malleable iron. The lee and head or foot rails are then inserted and \securely fastened.

It will thus be seen that with my improved construction, I have provided a bed which may be shipped in sections and put together at any time by the use of comparatively simple securing means, such as rivets, pins, metal screws or the like. I have also provided a bed which is cheap to manufacture and which when assembled is perfectly rigid.

What I claim as new is 1. In a bed, the combination with the side and end rails, a lee rail and a head or foot rail, of a'corner piece having a socket adapt ed to receive the side rail, a socket adapted to receive the end rail, a socket adapted to receive the lee rail and a socket adapted to receive the head or foot rail.

2. In a bed, the combination with the side, end, lee and head or foot rails, of corner pieces each corner piece having a socket to receive the end rail and a socket extending at right angles thereto, to receive the head or foot rails, said corner piece also having a socket to receive the side rails and a socket extending at right angles thereto, to receive the lee rail, said lee rail acting as a tie between two adjacent corner pieces lengthwise with the bed and said head or foot rail acting as a tie between adjacent corner pieces transverse the bed.

3. A corner piece for bed bottoms, formed as a casting having sockets for receiving the side and end rails of the bed, sockets for receiving the lee and head or foot rails of the bed and a projecting button for supporting the bed bottom.

4. A bracket for supporting beds, said bracket being formed of sheet metal struck up to form sides in which are cut grooves to support the beds and struck up from the center to form projections whereby the bracket may be attached to a supporting member.

Signed at New York this 21st day of August 1918.

ABRAHAM RYCKOFF.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

